Common use of TIMBER PROCESSING Clause in Contracts

TIMBER PROCESSING. 15.01 The Licensee will process all timber harvested under a cutting permit or road permit, or equivalent volumes of timber or wood residue excluding hog fuel, obtained directly or indirectly, through a timber processing facility owned or operated by the Licensee or an affiliate of the Licensee within the meaning of Section 53(1) of the Forest Act, unless the Minister exempts the Licensee in whole or in part from the requirements of this paragraph. 15.02 If the Licensee (a) intends to close a timber processing facility or reduce its production, or (b) has reason to believe that an affiliate of the Licensee within the meaning of Section 53 of the Forest Act intends to close a timber processing facility or reduce its production for a period of longer than 90 days, the Licensee will give the Minister at least three months notice prior to the closure or reduction. 15.03 If (a) the Licensee, or (b) an affiliate of the Licensee within the meaning of Section 53 of the closes a timber processing facility or reduces its production for a period longer than 90 days, the Licensee will on request of the Minister provide information regarding the volume of Crown timber processed through the timber processing facility during the 24 month period immediately preceding the closure or reduction in production level. 15.04 The Licensee will continue to operate, and where applicable construct or expand, a timber processing facility in accordance with (a) the proposal made in the application on which the award of the tree farm licence replaced by this Licence or any predecessor to that tree farm licence was based, and (b) the revisions, if any, to that proposal.